Tolliver wrote:
Hello,
Excuse me if my question sounds like a newbie, but I still am; I inherited the Wiki Server some months ago. I am preparing to upgrade MediaWiki 1.11.0 to 1.15.2, and we currently have 30 wiki’s.
My understanding is, I can upgrade each wiki individually. Having said that, can I perform the install process of the new version, replace the old wiki’s with the new install individually? Hence not having any databases being affected except for the wiki I upgrade.
I trust that this question is in keeping with this forum.
Thanks, Graham
Install process? You may be taking a wrong approach. You update by replacing the old files with the new ones, then running the script at maintenance/update.php Only the database of that wiki is affected.
So to update you should just surround it with a "foreach wiki..." Good prectises advise making a db backup before updating.
If the wikis are sharing the files, it may be a bit harder, since you would need to break the links for updating individually (or update all dbs one after other at the same time).